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For guests planning to board a Carnival voyage for a week of merry carousing, the latest news from the cruise line was sobering: anyone getting rowdy en route faces a £440 fine, confinement and the prospect of being turfed off at the next port – plus having to pay any related expenses, which could add thousands of pounds to the bill.
“Disruptive behaviour will not be tolerated, and any guest whose conduct affects the comfort, enjoyment, safety or wellbeing of other guests or crew will be detained on board and/or disembarked at their own expense, and will [be] banned from sailing on Carnival in the future,” the company announced.
Suddenly those bottomless pina coladas sound less like a libation than a liability – but don’t be deterred. Cruising today is a far cry from the old cliches of lobster tans, wet T-shirt contests and all-you-can-eat (and repeat) high-calorie buffets.
Yes, there are those who still like a boisterous sailaway, and others who swear by pearls, black tie and the captain’s table, but these days the cruise market is as wide as the ocean – there are all sorts on board. Here are some of the people you might encounter if you decide to sign up for a sailing.
There’s a fresh-faced, younger generation of voyagers out there today, seduced by the designer good looks of recently unveiled ships like Celebrity’s corkingly handsome Edge-class vessels. Celebrity is a new kind of proposition – these kids don’t spend their evenings plonked in chintzy chairs working through the chardonnay blends at Chez Ennui as a pianist tinkles Fly Me to the Moon. Instead they’ll be sipping martinis at the intergalactic-looking main watering hole while keeping an eye out for Gwyneth Paltrow, who has already appeared on board the good ship Celebrity Beyond, launched in spring, since it began hosting a “wellness cruise” with her Goop brand.